taking Olivier Vernon and Lamar Miller in the NFL Draft will help the team win more games. Sure, it restored the South Florida community's faith in the

organization, but the Dolphins need

a lot of work to get back to the Super Bowl.

First of all, Ryan Tannehill is not the next Dan Marino. He is a project who got drafted because of his buddy-buddy relationship with his old coach and current Dolphins offensive coordinator Mike Sherman. Tannehill was a full-time wide receiver who became a part-time quarterback. In the Big 12 conference, opposing teams nicknamed Tannehill "Pick Six."

The Dolphins would have been better off using the first-round pick on a playmaker at wide receiver, because general manager Jeff Ireland traded away the team's best wide receiver, Brandon Marshall. And it's not like Matt Moore, the Dolphins QB for much of last season, played horribly.

As for the Hurricanes players the Dolphins drafted, let's be honest. Miller and Vernon could have used another year in college. They had the potential to be first-rounders but got fooled by their agent Drew Rosenhaus that now was the time to come out.

All the football experts said the Hurricanes underclassmen wouldn't go in the first, second, or third rounds. These kids went out and bought themselves and their family members luxury cars believing they would sign million-dollar contracts. Now they are in the red because the contracts being offered to players drafted in the third round or later are much smaller.

They should have listened to Hurricanes football coach Al Golden, who has proven himself as a gentleman and a scholar. He was right when he said they needed another year in college. With those players, the Hurricanes had a real shot at the national championship, which would have raised their stock in next year's draft.